Mathis v. New Jersey

U.S.

Court: Supreme Court of the United States

Citations: 403 U.S. 946, 91 S. Ct. 2283

Decision Date: 6/28/1971

Docket Number: No. 5006; No. 5015; No. 5022; No. 5027; No. 5058; No. 5063; No. 5064; No. 5065; No. 5066; No. 5074

Jurisdiction: U.S.

Bluebook Citation: Mathis v. New Jersey, 403 U.S. 946, 91 S. Ct. 2283 (1971)

More Cases: U.S. decisions from 1971

Mathis v. New Jersey. Mathis v. Alabama. Speck v. Illinois. Segura v. Patterson, Warden. Whan v. Texas. Duplessis v. Louisiana. Jaggers v. Kentucky. Aiken v. Washington, and Wheat v. Washington. Pruett v. Ohio.

Judges

Mr. Justice Black dissents.

majority

Sup. Ct. N. J. Reported below: 52 N. J. 238, 245 A. 2d 20;

Sup. Ct. Ala. Reported below: 283 Ala. 308, 216 So. 2d 286;

Sup. Ct. Ill. Reported below: 41 Ill. 2d 177, 242 N. E. 2d 208;

C. A. 10th Cir. Reported below: 402 F. 2d 249;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Reported below: 438 S. W. 2d 918;

Sup. Ct. La. Reported below: 253 La. 992, 221 So. 2d 484;

Ct. App. Ky. Reported below: 439 S. W. 2d 580;

Sup. Ct. Wash. Reported below: 75 Wash. 2d 421, 452 P. 2d 232; and

Sup. Ct. Ohio.- Reported below: 18 Ohio St; 2d 167, 248 N. E. 2d 605. Motions for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and cer-tiorari granted. Judgments, insofar as they impose the death sentence, reversed and cases remanded for further proceedings. Witherspoon v. Illinois, 391 U. S. 510 (1968); Boulden v. Holman, 394 U. S. 478 (1969); and Maxwell v. Bishop, 398 U. S. 262 (1970).

Mr. Justice Black dissents.

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